A building site has been broken into for the third time in a month, Tools worth more than £4,000 have been stolen from the site in Lancing. The development which is being overseen by Machin Investments has been targeted multiple times since the project started. Thieves were able to force entry into two storage areas […]
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Fire in Showers at Leisure Facility.
Thornton Science Park, which includes a number of university facilities alongside leisure facilities and a fitness centre, was the latest culprit of an electrical fire in one of their changing rooms. The fire started due to a faulty electric shower in the changing rooms on Wednesday 9th January at 4.20AM. Firefighters from Cheshire Fire and […]
Local chip shop battered by electrical fault
A Skegness chip shop was left ruined after an electrical fault with the fridge sparked a huge fire on Seaview road. On Monday 7th January, 20 firefighters were called to a fire on Seaview Road. Alongside the local police, firefighters attended Seaview Fisheries due to the chip shop catching fire at approximately 3.26PM. Four fire […]
Hospital left without power after Electrical Fire
A major incident at a hospital in Southampton left patients, staff and two hospitals without power. On the 28th November, the Southampton General and Princess Anne hospital were both without power after a small fire affected the electricity. Due to the areas affected by the fire, the emergency generators were also affected. Patients were declared safe […]
Retail Park Robbery at Oak Furniture Store
A break-in was reported from a furniture shop in Cardinal Point Retail Park in Tamworth, Staffordshire. The retail park break-in occurred on Tuesday 4th December at an Oak Furnitureland furniture store. The thieves had made forcible entry by smashing the glass in the shopfront’s windows and door. Details of how the glass front was smashed […]
Barber shop blaze and break in
A barber shop in Leeds was subject to flames after a fire broke out on Thursday 6th December. The Barber shop fire was luckily discovered by police on patrol at 1:30 am that day. The authorities called in the incident to the West Yorkshire Fire Service who immediately deployed their firefighters to extinguish the blaze. […]
Chemical Fire led to full school evacuation
A chemical fire broke out in the cupboard of a school science store room on 14th December. Henry Cort Community College was subject to a chemical fire at around 9.34am on the Friday. Students were immediately evacuated upon alert to the fire and were subsequently sent home due to the potential of chemical exposure. Firefighters […]
Care home hit with a £40,000 fine for major fire safety breaches
A care home in Alsager, Cheshire was struck with a large fine after multiple fire safety breaches in early December. The serious fire safety breaches made by Lavender Home Residential House put residents and staff at huge risk. The care home, which cares for the elderly and those with dementia suffered a £40,000 fine in […]
House of Fraser Commercial Burglary
On Monday 3rd December 2018, a commercial burglary occurred at a department store in Skipton. A commercial burglary has occurred at a House of Fraser department store in North Yorkshire. The commercial burglary at the High street store happened overnight between Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd December. Criminals broke into the store from the roof […]
Man Arrested after Residential Flat Fire
A man has been arrested for the deliberate fire at a residential flat block in Seaton, Devon. On Sunday 2nd December, a residential flat was subject to arson. About 80 firefighters from across the county were called to the major blaze in the early hours of the morning. The residential flat fire, also above a […]
